Numbers 3 and 4 - 8,580 Men and No Truck

Have you ever moved?

I have.

Georgia to Rock Hill 1998
Rock Hill to another apartment in Rock Hill 1999
Rock Hill to Columbia 2000
Columbia to our new house 2001

I have not moved in 15 years. The next time I move will be a huge mess. I have a attic full of treasures and closets full of stuff.

I do remember wrapping all of my wedding china and valuables carefully. I wrapped them in the finest newspaper one could find. We didn't allow these things on the moving truck. Jeffrey took them in the car each time we moved. He took special care not to break or damage these items that were really important to me.

I also remember packing the rest of our wares. At the beginning I was careful to sperate items by room and carefully pack each item. By the end of the days of packing I was just throwing stuff in boxes. Have you ever been there?

Another memory I have is when we hired a moving company to move us into our home from the apartment. All of the other times we had moved ourselves. We were big shots now. We hired Two Men and a Truck. I can remember my family taking extra care moving our furniture. I don't feel like we got the same from the moving company.

My family understood the value of the furniture. They knew the importance, the history. The movers did not. They banged and bumped. They were more concerned about the timeline than the items they were moving. They did not take the same care that my family did.

God was very specific in who he chose to move the tent of meeting and all of its contents. There was great detail in how the items were to be wrapped and how they were to be transported.

I really don't ever remember reading very much of Numbers before. I am rejoicing this morning that my God is once again revealed to be a God of meticulous detail.

Lord, thank you for being a God of detail. Thank you for caring so much for even the smallest, most mundane parts of my day. Lord help me to see you throughout today. Help me to share your awesomeness with those I meet. Help me focus on the small details of your word that I may sometimes read over quickly. Thank you for your care of every part of my day and every detail of my life. Amen.